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Raymond Elmore
Kidnaped by Castro Rebels

[Reference:  HOMESTEAD LEADER-PERRINE POST
                      Homestead, Fl., Thursday, July 3, 1958, Page 3]

Dade Grove Owner Captured by Rebels in Cuba

Among the Americans captured within the past week by Cuban rebels is a Raymond Elmore, South Dade property owner who is well known in this area.

Elmore, whose home is in Haynesville, La., has lived in Cuba for many years as executive of a large sugar refining company.  For some ten years he has owned and operated grove properties in South Dade and has visited the area once or twice each year to look after his holdings.

The Leader learned yesterday from E. J. Norman, grove manager for FEC Fertilizer Co., that that company serves as caretaker for Elmore's groves which include a 40-acre avocado grove at Redland Rd. and Avocado Dr. and a large lime grove east of Princeton.

According to latest dispatches at press time, Elmore was still among the 30-odd Americans for which the U.S. State Department was seeking release.
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[Reference: HOMESTEAD LEADER-PERRINE POST
Homestead, Fl., Thursday, July 10, 1958, Page 1]

Cuban Rebels Release Local Grove Owner

Dispatches from Cuba yesterday reported that Raymond Elmore, Cuban sugar plant executive and South Dade grove owner, has been brought by helicopter to the U.S. Naval Base at Guantanamo after more than a week's imprisonment by the Castro rebels.

Elmore, whose home is in Haynesville, La., was among the more than 40 Americans kidnaped by the Cuban insurgents.


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